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When I was little, even before I realized what the phrase “growth mindset” meant, I followed its basic ideals. I remember getting a C on a math test in sixth grade. My teacher, Mrs. Darcy, was very concerned and attentive — she wanted to talk to me after class. She sat me down and asked…

It’s the middle of September and you’re sitting at home, bored out of your mind. You have absolutely nothing to do. All of your friends are gone and back at college, probably at least four weeks into their first semester. Even your high school is back in session. If you live on the East Coast,…

Freshman year is definitely going to be full of mistakes. It definitely was for me. Transitioning to a new place means ups and downs are inevitable. But here are five things I did that you definitely shouldn’t: Take all your hard classes in the winter. My sister, who’s a junior, told me a thousand times…

Campus in the Spring! It is finally spring quarter and it also finally seems to have stopped raining. After a long and cold winter, here are a couple ways to take advantage of campus as we transition into the long-awaited ~Camp Stanford~! Study outside. Under no circumstance should you have to go to a library…

All throughout winter quarter, all I heard was how unimaginably better spring was guaranteed to be. “It may rain at least once a day now, but in spring, it’ll always be sunny.” “You may be drowning in work now, but in the spring, you’ll just lounge outside.” “Studying will be the last thing on your…

How many times have you been reminded of the value of failure? This past week, while procrastinating for studying for midterms, I somehow found myself in a YouTube hole watching a collection of the “best commencement speeches of all time.” I’d say practically three-quarters of them included a message about the benefit of failure. Oprah…

If you don’t immediately identify as Type A, you’re probably Type B. Or so I was told, after hesitating when my friend asked which category I belonged to. Nowadays, most people flaunt a Type A personality as an indicator of being motivated and high-achieving. Type A is interchangeable with ambitious and competitive, if not high-strung…

You only get one chance at a first impression, right? Well, nowadays, not exactly. It used to be that first impressions meant everything. They were the first time someone saw you, heard your voice, shook your hand and concluded things about you all in one go. On the first day of school, you probably sorted…